Records of the King of Xin'an County

Recently, the wind has been very smooth, and Yang Shangshu, who has been secretly happy for countless times because of this, suddenly realized that after the death of the third prince, those rumors about the fourth prince may not make the Yang family die without a place to die.He no longer cared about analyzing who harbored malice towards the Yang family, he just wanted to go home and interrogate Mrs. Wei and Yang Qian whether the matter of the third prince had anything to do with the Yang family.

After all, only by completely cutting off the saint's suspicion can the Yang family have a chance to survive.Otherwise, the crime of intending to attack the emperor's heir is like treason, no matter which family it is, it cannot bear it.Even the huge Hongnong Yang family couldn't help the emperor's anger at this time, and couldn't bear the consequences of bloodshed.

However, when Yang Shangshu returned to the mansion in a hurry, Mrs. Wei went out in the name of worshiping Buddha, and Yang Qian was already too sick to know anything.He immediately arrested the trusted servants and maids around the two for questioning, and finally learned that Mrs. Wei was fine. Yang Qian had a close relationship with Concubine Yang and Princess Anxing's residence in the other palace some time ago.

Probably no one knew just how tormented Yang Shangshu had been that night, his gray hair turned silver overnight.He ordered his stewards to deal with many people, and desperately wiped away all traces, but how many things could be done overnight, and how much evidence could be cleaned up?What's more, some people hide all the evidence of the people who are supposed to stay, and only wait for the right time to show it.

And that's just the beginning.During the court meeting the next day, the sage gave him a serious look, and everything was said without saying anything.Next, another little-known censor suddenly handed in a booklet, saying that the county magistrate of Wannian County did not repair his inner house, and was suspected of practicing witchcraft.

Compared with the ups and downs in the harem, this case is simply not worth mentioning.The sage, who had been distracted by the death of the third prince, randomly appointed a person—the Governor of Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate the matter.After all, Wannian County is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, so he should naturally handle the case.Moreover, Jing Zhaoyin is also a confidant of the saint.

Although the back house of a county magistrate is nothing, the matter of witchcraft has always been a major case.Of course, Jing Zhaoyin can't take it as an ordinary thing.When Xin'an County King passed by him and reminded him that the magistrate of Wannian County was Yang Shijing's uncle, he immediately thought of many things: Could it be that this case is related to the death of the third prince in the palace?This voodoo Gu actually cursed the Third Prince? !

Therefore, Jingzhao Mansion acted unprecedentedly swiftly, surrounded Wei County Magistrate's Mansion at noon, and searched out witchcraft from the courtyard of the county magistrate's wife in the afternoon.And an hour later, the puppet with the silver needle was placed in front of the emperor.

The saint looked at the cursed puppet with a cold expression: "Look at the birth date." The birth date of the third prince cannot be easily leaked outside the palace, but the concubines in the palace know some of it.If this voodoo thing is really related to the third prince, then the Yang family is undoubtedly murdering the emperor's heir.

However, after careful inspection, the supervisor in the palace breathed a sigh of relief: "The sage is not the horoscope of Saburo's birthday."

The saint and the trusted ministers all moved slightly, and their expressions eased a lot.Yang Shijing, who had already collapsed to the ground, suddenly felt as if he had come back to life, and immediately kowtowed and expressed his loyalty with tears in his eyes: "The sage has learned, my minister and my daughter will never do anything to harm the third prince... The loyalty of my minister to the saint , like the sun and the moon shining brightly, the world can learn from it..."

A silver-haired old man cried and shouted to show his loyalty. The scene was really unbearable, and the saint's brows couldn't help but twitched.

Upon seeing this, Li Hui, King of Xin'an County, suddenly said: "This birthday seems familiar." After that, he stepped forward to fiddle with the doll a few times, not shying away from this evil thing.The eunuch in the palace was in a hurry to take the puppet away, away from this golden branch and jade leaf, and even further away from the saint, but he picked it up directly, looked at it and threw it in front of Yang Shangshu: "Yang Shangshu, this birthday seems to be It belongs to Yang Mingdu, do you see if the date of birth matches up?"

The puppet rolled up to Yang Shijing. He was stunned, bowed his head to examine it carefully, and said with some difficulty: "...It is indeed Gouzi's birth date." Of course, he also thought about concealing it, but Li Hui's suspicion had already pointed to Yang Qian , if he categorically denies it, he will soon be bruised and swollen by the evidence.After all, Yang Qian's birth date is not a secret, as many trusted servants of the Yang family know it.

"This is strange. Why was a witchcraft object that cursed Yang Mingdu found in the inner house of Wei County Magistrate's house?" Li Hui said to himself, glanced at Jing Zhaoyin next to him, and couldn't help it. Zhu Xiangsheng recommended himself, "Uncle, my son wants to investigate this case thoroughly with the envoy (Fu Yin)."

"Since you want to investigate the case, I will assist Yue Niang to investigate the affairs in the palace." The saint lost patience with this small case, and said, "Let this kind of case be handed over to Jing Zhaoyin. As for Yang Aiqing, there is no need for it for the time being." Come to court, and come back after the case in your family is clear!"

Yang Shijing immediately said that he obeyed the order, and felt a little relieved.Of course, he didn't know that this was probably the last time he stepped into the Hall of Liangyi, and it was also the last time he wore the third-rank purple official uniform openly and aboveboard.When he stepped back carefully to adjust his appearance, Wang Zixian looked at his back, and curled up the corners of his lips with a half-smile.

On this side, Princess Changning and Prince Xin'an are almost vigorously investigating the case of the third prince.Of course, the most urgent task is to examine the third prince's body to see if it is indeed poisoned, whether there are needle marks on his body, and so on.And the second is to arrest all the concubines and their trusted servants who have visited the third prince, carefully interrogate them, and search their residences, so that there must be no omissions.

Although Princess Changning has no experience in handling cases, the Prince of Xin'an County has seen all kinds of cases in Dali Temple, so he quickly and keenly discovered the clues - not only the maids around Yang Chongrong, but also the maids of Concubine Yang Xian, Concubine Yuan Shu and others. Suspicious.Among all the concubines, only Zhou Chongyuan and Pei Jieyu who almost never visited the third prince could be called innocent.In the palaces of the rest of the people, some inappropriate things were more or less found.

On the other hand, after Jing Zhaoyin interrogated the servants of Wei County Magistrate's family, he found "naturally" that she had sent people to the pharmacy to buy many medicinal materials that were not needed at all.And these medicinal materials are somewhat toxic, but they can't be found in the treasury.Of course, there will be a trembling maid who will confess. She once saw her own wife send someone to quietly send a package of tightly wrapped medicinal materials to the Hongnong County Mansion.

What does Mrs. Wei want these herbs for?Reminiscent of the witch doll and the recent illness of Yang Qian vomiting blood, Jing Zhaoyin felt that he should have discovered the big secret of the Yang family.So, he immediately summoned all the ladies who had made friends with Mrs. Wei.How did these noble ladies survive the interrogation? They quickly confessed that Mrs. Wei also asked them to buy medicinal materials, and some of them were quietly sent to the Yang family.

Jing Zhaoyin consulted a famous doctor, and then went to Yang's house to compare Yang Qian's usual prescriptions and the used medicine residues, and suddenly discovered an astonishing fact - Mrs. Wei killed her son.

The lady of Hongnong County actually killed her son? !Why?Isn't Yang Qian and Yang Mingdu a top-notch leader?Didn't he earn countless praises for the Yang family?Even if the road to promotion is not as smooth as that of another first-ranked prince, Xian, he is already the right man of Zhongshu Province, with a bright future ahead!Why did Mrs. Wei have the heart to kill her son? !

All the people who heard about the case asked without dissatisfaction and doubt, and there were many discussions.

For a while, even the sage who just asked a few questions about the progress of the case was puzzled.However, when the ministers were speculating and many people had thoughts in their minds, Prince Xian Zuobuque, who has always been outspoken and outspoken, made a note, speculated on the cause of the case, and impeached the Yang family for committing crimes. The crime of treason.

"Mrs. Wei killed her son, the reason is that Yang Qian made an unforgivable mistake. Otherwise, why would a mother kill her relatives righteously?! I think that Yang Qian is very likely to be related to the matter of the third prince, because it has been rumored recently The fact that the fourth prince replaced the third prince was the servants of the Yang family who contributed to the flames. Moreover, I heard that Concubine Yang frequently entered the palace to persuade Her Highness the Empress and Yang Chongrong some time ago, there must be someone in the middle to deliver the message for them. "

"As a courtier, he dared to murder the emperor's heir and interfere with the affairs of the harem, it is simply treasonous! I implore the sage to send the three divisions of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai to interrogate and thoroughly investigate the case of the Yang family!!" At this time, not only Wang Buque, but all the courtiers had forgotten the fact that he was no longer the supervisory censor, but only the fact that Zuo Buque was a subordinate of his sect—after all, he was a speech officer with the right to gossip.

The saint's eyes narrowed slightly: "Yes!!" He will never let anyone who is suspected of murdering the Third Prince be let go!

At the same time, in the Hongnong County Mansion, Yang Shijing was frantically thinking about strategies in his study, calculating how to get himself out of this matter.At this time, he felt that there was no need to ask Yang Qian any more. It must be this rebellious son who made a move in private to annoy Mrs. Wei and cause such a case of "mother killing her son"! !And if this matter is found out, he can only save his life by insisting that he doesn't know anything!

And when Yang Qian slowly woke up from his illness, he found himself in the prison of Dali Temple.Until he was summoned to court and saw Mrs. Wei, he was still in a daze, completely unaware of where he had lost.However, when the Minister of Dali Temple asked Mrs. Wei why she poisoned her son, he suddenly became agitated and woke up: "Mother...Aunt...why..."

Compared with him who was in a mess, Mrs. Wei was still meticulous.Standing in the hall, she glanced at him almost contemptuously, as if looking at the dirtiest thing: "A mere maidservant wants to play with my daughter and my grandson in the applause, how can he be tolerated?" !! Moreover, if he hadn't been ambitious and plotted to kill the Third Prince, I wouldn't have made it to this point!! Only when he dies can my daughter live! The Yang family has a chance!!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned. When Mrs. Wei slowly told out all the evidence she worked so hard to preserve, even the clerk who recorded it couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

As for Yang Qian, with an expression of disbelief, he murmured: "You are not my mother...you are not my mother..." He was vomiting blood, and fell on the ground without a sound.